the Duchesnay's, The Garrasinos, The Shibutanis, Sarah and Emily Hughes and to a point Michelle and Karen Kwan and Mao and Mai asada seemed to have the skating gene the Baldwin brothers seemed to have more money than gene.

Originally Posted by skatingfan4ever

Sarah and Emily Hughes both went to the Olympics in singles, with Sarah even winning an OGM.

Originally Posted by Olympia

Yipes, we forgot the Hughes girls? Yipes. Let me check back.

Yes, until you pointed it out, they weren't mentioned. At least we saved our honor by bringing up Michelle and Karen Kwan earlier.

Repeating names is no crime, as far as I'm concerned.
But for the record, Skater Boy was the first to mention the Hughes sisters -- on June 12 in post #34 above.

This thread has endured for over two weeks, so it is understandable that some of the same names have been posted more than once.

I'm really sorry that Tiffany couldn't gain a foothold. She was such an interesting skater. I was really hopeful when she switched to ice dance. Was it just bad luck with partners? Does anyone know where she is today?

Last I recall, Johnnie quit skating to go to college and work at the family car dealership. I think this might be the auto dealership's website

What about brother and sister Eduoard Engelmann Jr. and Christa (Engelmann) von Szabo?

Engelmann won the European Championship three times, 1892, 1893, and 1894. But in the first ISU judging scandal, his 1893 victory was vacated by the 1895 ISU Congress. He also built the first artificial ice rink and was three-time German champion at unicycling.

Engelmann had three daughters, Edi, Henene, and Christine, who all skated. Christine married seven-time world champion Karl Schaefer.

Christa von Szabo was a two-time world medalist in pairs. Her daughter was Herma Szabo, who won five world championships in singles and two in pairs.

Peter and Kitty were both adopted, so it was unusual they'd both be world class pair skaters. How close were they in age. Anyone know interesting factoids about them?

BTW: "The eldest son of 1984 Olympic silver medalist Kitty Carruthers-Conrad, Brett ("B.J.") Conrad skated competitively until he was a freshman in high school, finishing eighth in intermediate men at the 2010 U.S. Junior Championships and ninth as a novice at the 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships. Brett, who just turned 18, plans to take his senior free skate test this summer."

More about Kitty Carruthers-Conrad's son and about other second-generation skaters is in this new IN article:

Children of champions follow parents onto the ice
Offspring have met with varying levels of success

Stretching the boundaries of the topic: Parent/child coaching situations.

Surya Bonaly and her mother... Suzanne? Was that her name? Although that may not be a genetic connection... Surya was adopted, wasn't she? Wow, I've walked myself into a corner... I don't think they are blood kin for reasons that should be obvious.

I coached my son on his golf team, and that was hard enough. I can't imagine coaching my child at a world class level in any sport.

Stretching the boundaries of the topic: Parent/child coaching situations.

Surya Bonaly and her mother... Suzanne? Was that her name? Although that may not be a genetic connection... Surya was adopted, wasn't she? Wow, I've walked myself into a corner... I don't think they are blood kin for reasons that should be obvious.

I coached my son on his golf team, and that was hard enough. I can't imagine coaching my child at a world class level in any sport.

Thanks for broadening the topic, Tonto. And for posting about the Bonalys.

In the thread title, I purposely put "gene" in quotation marks -- in an attempt to be metaphorical.

At the risk of getting mocked again (I am not trying to be some kind of thread police): family connections that are not blood ties are perfectly welcome in this thread, IMHO.